Hollow ribbon



Feb. 24, 1.931. w, VQRWERK, 1,794,127

HOLLOW RIBBON Filed July 29, 1929 Patented Feb. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES* WILHELM VORWERK, Oli BARMEN, GERMANY HOLLOV RIBBON Application filed .Tuly 29, 1929, Serial No. 381,796, and in Germany August 6, 1928.

My invention relates to hollow ribbons and to the method of making bands from which such ribbons are cut, by weaving or plaiting. ltis an object of my invention to provide a ribbon in which parts may be secured by inserting them through a hole in the ribbon in the half of a button. To this end l make the ribbon with a tubular reach with a buttn hole and a flat reach at one end of the tubular reach.

The ribbon is particularly suitable for garters by which stockings or socks are supported. The usual button for holding the garment is inserted in the button hole and the CII y ribbon is clamped in, or otherwise secured to a loop for holding it on a leg band. rlhe ribbon is engaged by the clamp at or near the centre oi its length so that its ends hang down :freely from the loop on either side. The tul? bular reach of the ribbon supports the button which is combined with the usual clasp, and the flat reach conceals the button and the clasp.

Itis another object of my invention to provide an improved method of making a band from which the aforesaid ribbons are out and to this end I weave or plait a band having a plurality of units from each of which two ribbons may be cut. To this end I make, in succession, a single flat reach, a tubular reach, a

double flat reach the two layers of which are superimposed but separate, a second tubular reach, and a second single flat reach which is the beginning of the next set of reaches. The button holes are made alternately in the inner and outer sides of the tubular reaches.

Inthe drawings affixed to this specification and forming part thereof a band made in accordance with my invention, a ribbon which is cut from the band, and its adaptation to a loop for a garter, are illustrated diagrammatically by way of example.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective illustration of a band, showing a complete unit and the single flat reaches connecting this unit with the preceding and succeeding units, not shown,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the 5o two ribbons which may be cut from each unit,

Figs. 8 and 5 are sections on the line 3- in Fig. 1,

Fig. 4l is a section on the line i-4C in Fig. l', and y Figs. 6 and 7 are an elevation and an end elevation, respectively, showing the ribbon applied to the loop 'for the garter.

Referring now to the drawings and first to Figs. 1-5, 1 is a flat reach, 2 is the first tribu-- lar reach, 4l and 5 are two superimposed but separate llat reaches, 6 is the second tubular reach, and 1a is the fiat reach of a band unit for two ribbons, and 3 and 7 are button holes on alternate sides of the tubular reaches 2 and 6, respectively. Y As mentioned, my band is made in a single operation in the successive stages of which first the single flat reach 1, 1a, etc..is made whereupon the iirst tubular reach 2, with its button hole 3, the separate flat reaches et and 5, and linally the second tubular reach 6,'with its button hole 7, are made. The unit is now separated into -two of the ribbons one of which is shown in Fig. 2, bycuttingl al-ong the lines s-s, ss and s-s in Fig. 1. At s-s the single flat reaches 1, 1a, etc. are

`separated throughout while at s-s the upper layer 4L is separated only from the iirs't tubular reach 2 and from the flat reach 5 below, and at s-s the lower Vflat reach 5 is separated from the second tubular reach Gand from the upper flat reach. In this manner each unit yields two ribbons one of which is illustrated separately in Fig. 2. Preferably the ends ofthe flat reaches 1 and 5 are fringed in order to prevent raying, as shown in Fig. 2. In order to obtain t-he fringes the single flat reaches 1, 1a,etc.,throughout, and the free f ends of the superimposed flat reaches l and 5, are madesubstantially 'of'warp threads 10 with a single loosely inserted weft thread 11. Referring now to Figs. 6 and 7, the ribbon illustrated in Fig. 2 isl shownY inserted in a bracket the flanges of' which are indicated at 12. clamp 13 is pivoted in the franges at 14, 15 is a clasp which is pivoted in suitable bearings in the base of the vbracket for cooperation with a button, and 16 is a loop which is supported insuitable bearings at the top of the bracket and serves` for `attaching the bracket to a leg band, not shown, through the medium of al suitable pad or other intermediate member, not shown. The button 9 is inserted in the button hole so that a flat base plate 8 which is made integral with, or secured to, the button 9, engages between the upper and lowei parts of the tubular reach as shown in F ig. 5. The button itself projects from the ribbon. The ribbon, with the button inserted, is `threaded through the bracket l2 and secured by the clamp 13 so that the flat reach 5 conceals the button 9.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

In Vthe claims afhxed to this specification no selection of any particular modifica-tion of the invention is intended to the exclusion of other modiiications thereof and the right to subsequently make claim to any modification not covered by these claims is expressly reserved.

I claim l. As a new article of manufacture, a ribbon formed from combined flat and tubular weaving having a tubular reach with a button hole in the fabric at one side of said tubular reach, and a reach at one end of said tubular reach in which one side of the tubular weaving is removed so as to leave a one-sided flat reach.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a ribbon formed from combined flat and tubular weaving having a tubular reach with a button hole in the fabric at one side of said tubular reach, and a reach at either side of said tubular reach in which one side of the tubular weaving is removed so as to leave a one-sided flat reach. Y

3. As a. new article of manufacture, a ribbon formed from combined flat and tubular weaving and comprising successive units, each unit including a reach in which one side of the tubular weaving is removed so as to leave a one-sided fiat reach, a tubular reach adjoining said at reach, with a button hole in one of its sides near the end adjoining said flat reach, two superimposed flat reaches at the end of said tubular reach which is opposite said button hole, a second tubular reach at the opposite end of said flat reach, with a button hole'at the end remote from said flat reach in the side opposite the button hole of said rstmentioned tubular reach, and a one-'sided flat reach adjoining the end of said second tubular reach which is opposite said superimposed flat reaches.

t. As a new article of manufacture, a ribbon formed from combined flat and tubular weaving and comprising successive units, each unit including a reach in which one side of the tubular weaving is removed so as to leave a one-sided flat reach, a tubular reach adjoining said flatreach, with a button hole in one of its sides near the end adjoining said flat reach, two superimposed flat reaches at the end of said tubular reach Which is opposite said button hole, a second tubular reach at the opposite end of said Hat reach, With a button hole at the end remote from said flat reach in the side opposite the button hole of said first-mentioned tubular reach, a onesided flat reach adjoining the end of said second tubular reach which is opposite said superimposed fiat reaches, and a fabric comprising a. reduced number of weft threads at the points where the one-sided flat reaches at the ends of each unit adjoin'the'corresponding tubular reaches of the adjacent units, and where said flat superimposed reaches adjoin that side of the adjacent tubular reach. in which a button hole is formed.

In testimony whereof I ahx my signature.

WILHELM VORv/VERK. 

